Blue Monroe

2025 (Redshirt Junior): Named second-team Preseason All-Southern Conference at linebacker. 2024 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 11 of the team’s 12 games with a pair of starts on defense … Credited with 36 total tackles, including 19 solo stops with eight tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks … Recorded tackles in all 11 games he saw action, with multiple stops in 10 games … Charted a pair of quarterback hurries … On special teams, returned on short kickoff four yards against Wofford (Oct. 5) … Combined on a tackle for loss in the season-opener at NC State (Aug. 29) … Two of his three solo tackles against Campbell (Sept. 7) went as TFLs for losses … Posted a season-high eight tackles with four solo stops in the road win at Furman (Oct. 19). 2023 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 11 of the team’s games, mostly on special teams and as a reserve on defense … Credited with 11 total tackles including five solo stops … Had two tackles for nine yards in losses including half a sack, adding a quarterback hurry … Posted tackles in six of the 11 games on the year … Recorded with two tackles at Arkansas (Sept. 2) with a pair of solo stops including a tackle for loss against Mercer (Oct. 28) … Had two kickoff returns for 30 total yards on short kicks against Mercer, returning one 20 total yards … Finished with a career-best three stops with half a tackle for loss in the road win at Wofford (Nov. 4) ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll. 2022 (Freshman): Played in four games as a true freshman, remaining eligible for a redshirt … Saw time on special teams and as a reserve on defense … Made his collegiate debut at Samford (Sept. 24) … Credited with two kickoff returns as an up-back, totaling 14 total yards including a 13-yard return at Furman (Oct. 15) … Matched a team-high with seven tackles including a tackle for loss in WCU’s annual Spring Game. Prior to Western Carolina: Played quarterback and outside linebacker as a prep, starting his high school career at Hough High with a year at Central Cabarrus High before finishing at Robinson High ... As a senior, finished with 76 tackles including 32 solo stops and nine tackles for loss with one sack and an interception, according to MaxPreps.com ... Recovered three fumbles and credited with two passes defended ... As a prep, passed for over 2,500 yards with 22 touchdowns while rushing for right at 1,000 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns. Personal: Full name is Blue Kincade Monroe ... Is the son of April and Ken Monroe ... His father played football at Wingate and his mother is a former body builder ... Has an older sibling, Storm, who plays linebacker at Davidson College, and a younger sibling, Haven, who attends the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.